Video: Romney versus the occupiers

posted at 5:10 pm on January 19, 2012 by Allahpundit

Via Mediaite. It’s a nice moment, but “Reagan-esque”? Questioning the divisiveness of “99 percent” rhetoric is S.O.P. for Republican politicians. Watch the second video below of Gingrich showing how it’s done back in November. Or watch this one, from the same event, of him drawing a contrast between OWS and the tea party. Those were the golden days of the campaign when he was busy dumping on occupiers, not mimicking them.

Speaking of Mitt and and hostile constituencies, how exactly is he going to keep Ron Paul and his fans onboard in November now that he’s decided to go full-metal hawk on foreign policy? There’d better be a lot of rhetoric in the next GOP platform about Fed audits and the Bilderberg Group.

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1. There are those that are so unhinged their ability to reason is disabled.

2. There are those that find a conspiracy behind every shadow.

3. They are all passionate.

4. There are those with their blinders on who accuse others of being bias. Never realizing the bias in their own eyes.

5. Some are so hateful and frustrated they are using the comment section to vent against those they do not know or will never meet.

6. There are those that Hate the Bloggers who blog, which makes me wonder why they stop here to read, let alone comment.

7. There are those that choose to ignore the liberal leanings of their favorite candidate, yet love to espouse the liberal leanings of all the other candidates.

8. Refuse to face the obvious about a Congress Critter and a Senator Slug, which if they have learned anything from Obama should be this: that a legislator should never become president unless he has spent time Governing a state.

I bring reason to your ears, if you are willing to listen. However, if your reading this it requires reading comprehension.

The 2nd worst thing about Obama, besides his Marxist ways and the reason he could not become a Clinton, is because he had only been a legislator. PERIOD. Legislators now how to grow government that is all they know. And, frankly, that is all Newt and Santorum have ever done. But, lets be honest, the only shrinkage of Government under Newt was the Military.

Frankly, that is not a conservative position.

uhangtight on January 19, 2012 at 6:03 PM

You forgot to include those Hot Gassers who like making lists that past judgement on others, and blabbering on and on about how much better and reasoned they are than anyone else on Hot Gas.

But but but it would be soooooooo fun to watch him demean debate Obama in the debates!1!!!!!111 Election fail.

mattshu on January 19, 2012 at 6:02 PM

yeah, imagine the satisfaction :-)…after all it’s not about winning de facto that matters, it’s all about being there, on the satge, debating your opponent and, and, and…winning the debate :-)…jee, am excited already :-)…

Mitt’s perfectly capable of throwing red meat, but he understands that it will only hurt him in the general. Newt could learn something from Mitt.

This is the prelims. You don’t run your hardest & risk pulling a hamstring unless you’re worried about losing. If you’re planning on winning, you play it even & do well enough to get through to the next round so you can be at your best when it really counts.

While college costs were cheaper when he went relative to today they still were costly. That only 15 opted to do the joint program is as easily correlated to money as difficultly. Romney had the money and so 4 more years in school weren’t going to be a financial burden to his family. That he excelled in both is a plus for him. But don’t make the dual degrees out to be more than they are.

Mitt’s perfectly capable of throwing red meat, but he understands that it will only hurt him in the general. Newt could learn something from Mitt.

This is the prelims. You don’t run your hardest & risk pulling a hamstring unless you’re worried about losing. If you’re planning on winning, you play it even & do well enough to get through to the next round so you can be at your best when it really counts.

Why don’t people get this?

mattshu on January 19, 2012 at 6:13 PM

What? Why would he hold back in the primaries … when he’s trying to win the nomination?

People know who and what Obama is, and what he’s doing to the country. They’re waiting for someone to say it. If Romney holds back, he’ll lose.

jimver on January 19, 2012 at 5:22 PM
Is there a buildaburger workshop? It’s kinda like Build-A-Bear workshop except that instead of stuffing and dressing your own teddy bear or kitty or monkey you stuff and dress a little burger doll?
I’m so confused.
annoyinglittletwerp on January 19, 2012 at 5:30 PM

Have you coached or run track? What you advocate will get sprinters knocked out of the prelims rather than help them move on. Muscle pulls generally are a result of other factors than running your best. I know you were trying for an analogy about Mitt husbanding his resources and himself for the long haul but then you might have wanted to use a marathon running as the example.

Sorry. The Huckster chose Fox manna over duty to country this time around. Pretty dedicated guy.

a capella on January 19, 2012 at 5:45 PM

I don’t think I’d run again either considering how people like Michelle Malkin and (to some extent) AllahP unfairly rip everyone but their own favorites leaving the rest of us with craptastic candidates in the general.